on 3/11/07 7:37 AM, Slim Virgin at slimvirgin(a)gmail.com wrote:
It's interesting. Just thinking off the top of my
head -- would it
discourage people from getting involved in disputes, or from taking up
unpopular positions? If only 10 people have made positive statements
about me, and I can see that if I toe the party line on [[Islam]],
maybe another few people will say nice things about me, how likely am
I to insist that popular editor A cite his sources? In other words,
would being liked become more important than editing courageously? Or
rather (because it probably is more important at the moment), would
that priority become formalized?
Excellent and incisive point, Sarah. Each of us must decide what our
individual identity, self-concept and self-definition are tied to. This
determines how they are affected by such things as disagreement with our
ideas, criticism, ridicule, disapproval, failure at a task, etc. At the end
of the day, you are the one that's got to be alone with you. And, the
question you will be confronted with is: do you approve of you?
Marc Riddell